#D99B40#D99B40

#D99B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.129 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99B40
RGB	rgb(217, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 14.65, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 56.90, 75.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0367 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.129 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2648, 38.5679, 10.1205)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99B40 #407ED9

analogous

#D94E40 #D99B40 #CBD940

triadic

#D99B40 #40D99B #9B40D9

tetradic

#D99B40 #40D94E #407ED9 #D940CB

square

#D99B40 #40D94E #407ED9 #D940CB

split-complementary

#D99B40 #40CBD9 #4E40D9

monochromatic

#84591A #B77C24 #D99B40 #E3B673 #EDD0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#D99B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#D99B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99B40

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99B40	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.129 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b879',
    500: '#d99b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99b40;
$custom-light: #e9b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.686,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73329,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99B40

secondary

#9AB4DA

accent

#84EA3E

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99B40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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